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Zusatztext "A complex! but well-structured plot with careful foreshadowing and subtle red herrings to keep the reader guessing. Coffin clearly has storytelling talent. ... [A] suspenseful! fast-paced! and entertaining mystery." Informationen zum Autor Bruce Robert Coffin is a retired police detective sergeant and bestselling author of the Detective Byron Mysteries. He lives and writes in Maine. brucerobertcoffin.com Klappentext Maine Sunday Telegram #1 Bestseller "A first-rate novel. Suspenseful and highly entertaining." -- New York Times bestselling author Gayle Lynds Fall in Portland, Maine usually arrives as a welcome respite from summer's sweltering temperatures and, with the tourists gone, a return to normal life?usually. But when a retired cop is murdered, things heat up quickly, setting the city on edge. Detective Sergeant John Byron, a second-generation cop, is tasked with investigating the case?at the very moment his life is unraveling. On the outs with his department's upper echelon, separated from his wife, and feeling the strong pull of the bottle, Byron remains all business as he tries to solve the murder of one of their own. And when another ex-Portland PD officer dies under suspicious circumstances, he quickly realizes there's much more to these cases than meets the eye. The closer Byron gets to the truth, the greater the danger for him and his fellow detectives. This taut, atmospheric thriller will appeal to fans of Michael Connelly and John Sandford. Zusammenfassung Maine Sunday Telegram #1 Bestseller "A first-rate novel. Suspenseful and highly entertaining." -- New York Times bestselling author Gayle Lynds Fall in Portland! Maine usually arrives as a welcome respite from summer’s sweltering temperatures and! with the tourists gone! a return to normal life—usually. But when a retired cop is murdered! things heat up quickly! setting the city on edge. Detective Sergeant John Byron! a second-generation cop! is tasked with investigating the case—at the very moment his life is unraveling. On the outs with his department’s upper echelon! separated from his wife! and feeling the strong pull of the bottle! Byron remains all business as he tries to solve the murder of one of their own. And when another ex-Portland PD officer dies under suspicious circumstances! he quickly realizes there’s much more to these cases than meets the eye. The closer Byron gets to the truth! the greater the danger for him and his fellow detectives. This taut! atmospheric thriller will appeal to fans of Michael Connelly and John Sandford. ...
